Unterkirnach

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Unterkirnach

Total population

2,923

Air quality index

34Good

Elevation815 m

Land area13.17 km²

WeatherAvg high 54.7°F

Coordinates48.08°, 8.37°

Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Unterkirnach is a municipality in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, situated in the Black Forest and 40 km east of Freiburg.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

M

Michael Geyer

Samuel N. Harper Professor of German and European History, University of Chicago

Adolf Heer

German sculptor (1849-1898)

B

Bartholomaeus Winterhalder

Berthold Welte

German businessperson (1843–1918)

Joseph Kleiser von Kleisheim

German diplomat (1760-1830)

C

Cipri Adolf Bermann

German sculptor (1862-1942)

Emil Welte

American businessperson

J

Josef Winterhalder der Jüngere

Austrian painter (1743-1807)

J

Joseph Hebting

German politician (1822-1888)

J

Josef Albert Rissler

German sculptor (1908-1982)

Michael Welte

German clockmaker (1807–1880)

Franz Josef Furtwängler

German politician (1894-1965)

S

Sara Radman

German rhythmic gymnast

Johann Michael Winterhalder

J

Josef Winterhalder the Elder

Czech statue builder

K

Konstantin Merz

politician (1856-1915)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-06-08

common bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

Seen 2026-06-07

European mountain ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Seen 2026-06-07

Scots pine

Pinus sylvestris

Seen 2026-06-07

carpet bugle

Ajuga reptans

Seen 2026-06-07

purple foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Seen 2026-06-07

Azure Damselfly

Coenagrion puella

Seen 2026-06-06

Large Red Damselfly

Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Seen 2026-06-06

orange hawkweed

Pilosella aurantiaca

Seen 2026-06-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Unterkirnach, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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